See the March 2026 Headquarters Update for the following articles: Message from the Bishop: “Nurturing What Is Unseen” (video available) Condolence Social Concerns: Storm Impacts and Relief Resources for Saving Archival Collections Buddhist Study Center Spring Festival on April 18 (flyer available) YBICSE Set for June 30-July 9 (flyer and...
Links in the article list below go right to posts formatted for online viewing. You can also view the full, print-style layout of the March 2026 edition of Ka Leo Kāhea (2 MB) as a PDF file. Contents: Features White Way Radio’s Success, plus: Message from Rev. David Fujimoto Preservationists...
VOLUME 6 • ISSUE 1 • March 2026 BISHOP’S CORNER Awakening to Compassion in Our Lives At a time when our world feels increasingly divided, many of us find ourselves asking: Where is compassion today? News headlines often tell stories of violence, exclusion, and suffering. Walls — both visible and...
VOLUME 6 • ISSUE 1 • March 2026 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE A Hui Hou, Until We Meet Again Aloha kākou! I hope that you are well. This is my last message to you as President of the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawai‘i. As I explained in a previous letter, our Hawaii...
Bishop Toshiyuki Umitani delivered the English-language message at the 2026 New Year’s Day Service of Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin. Here is his message as recorded via Zoom. Captions are available. To display them, start playing the video, then click the [cc] icon on the video window. You may also display...
See the January 2026 Headquarters Update for the following articles: HHMH New Year’s staff photo and greeting New Year’s greeting from the Gomonsho in English and Japanese New Year’s message from Bishop Umitani in English and Japanese Rev. Higa on the 2026 theme and slogan, “Nurturing Nembutsu: Sharing Gratitude” See...
Links in the article list below go right to posts formatted for online viewing. You can also view the full, print-style layout of the December 2025 edition of Ka Leo Kāhea (2.4 MB) as a PDF file. Contents: Messages Minister’s Message: Mourning for America Bishop’s Corner: Our Shared Dharma Story...
VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 4 • December 2025 MINISTER’S MESSAGE Mourning for America BY REVEREND BLAYNE HIGA KONA HONGWANJI MISSION Editor’s Note: The following Dharma message was delivered at Kona Hongwanji Mission on Sept. 14, 2025, after the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk in Orem, Utah. This morning I...
Screenshot from Bishop Umitani’s talk delivered via Zoom from Japan for the 2025 Lay Convention. VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 4 • December 2025 BISHOP’S CORNER Writing Our Shared Dharma Story BY REV. TOSHIYUKI UMITANI BISHOP, HONPA HONGWANJI MISSION OF HAWAI‘I Editor’s note: At this year’s 62nd annual Hawai‘i State Lay...
VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 4 • December 2025 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Walk in Amida’s Light Aloha kākou! I hope that you and your loved ones are in good health and good spirits as we enter the holiday season and look forward to the New Year of 2026. Our theme and slogan...